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Jorge Martin has returned to MotoGP action for the first time in 88 days, getting back on Aprilia’s RS-GP bike at Misano, as he completed a double test session. As part of his final stage of rehabilitation, Martin travelled to the Rimini circuit this Wednesday to ride Aprilia’s MotoGP prototype machine, marking his first MotoGP track action since he suffered a pneumothorax and multiple rib ...Keep readingView the full article

The lawsuit between 23XI Racing, Front Row Motorsports, and NASCAR is set for December 1st, but another legal battle between the parties has been raging in the meantime. Here's how we all got to this point: Prior to the start of the 2025 season, the teams were granted a preliminary injunction to keep their charters while the lawsuit was ongoing in order to avoid irreparable harm. However ...Keep readingView the full article

Red Bull announced today that team boss Christian Horner has been relieved of his duties after 20 years at the helm of the reigning constructors’ champions. As Laurent Mekies prepares to fill Horner’s shoes, here is a roundup of who helms each team on the F1 grid and a look at how the role of an F1 team principal has evolved. In the early days of Formula 1, a team boss was the person who ...Keep readingView the full article

In a shock move, Red Bull sacked team principal Christian Horner today after 20 years at the helm. But while his tenure shaped the outfit into one of the most successful in Formula 1 history, it also came with its fair share of controversy. Horner joined the team when it was created from the ashes of the former Jaguar squad back ahead of the 2005 season. Since then, he has led the side ...Keep readingView the full article

During 20 years in charge of Red Bull, Christian Horner won eight drivers’ championships, six constructors’ titles and took 124 grand prix wins. But after some key departures and the poor performance of the car this season, the team has dropped Horner. His role will be taken by (now) former Racing Bulls team principal Laurent Mekies, who in turn will be replaced by Alan Permane, who will ...Keep readingView the full article

Red Bull's surprise dismissal of team boss and CEO Christian Horner looks set to have an impact on star driver Max Verstappen's F1 future, but it could actually be the result of it too. Rome wasn't built in one day, nor did the empire fall in one fell swoop either. It crumbled piece by piece, agitated by economic and social unrest, internal division, military decline and external pressure on ...Keep readingView the full article

In football it’s become a cliché, but no less true for being repeated, that you’re only as good as your last game. Even managers with the most gilded of track records can be ignominiously fired if their team’s form slips into a prolonged dip. Christian Horner’s sacking after over 20 years at the helm of Red Bull Racing, during which the team won six constructors’ championships and ...Keep readingView the full article

Oliver Solberg says World Rally Championship legend Sebastien Ogier has helped him “a lot” to feel “ready” to drive a factory Toyota Rally1 car at next week’s Rally Estonia. The current WRC2 points leader is set to return to the WRC’s top flight for the first time since 2022 after Toyota handed the Swede an opportunity to pilot one of its factory GR Yaris Rally1 cars. Solberg ...Keep readingView the full article

Born on 28 April 1977 in Tours, France, Laurent Mekies has become only the second team boss in the history of the Red Bull Formula 1 team. The Milton Keynes-based outfit, which entered Formula 1 in 2005, was shaped and led to success by Christian Horner for two decades, until his abrupt exit today, halfway through the season. An engineer specialized in aerodynamics, Mekies has been ...Keep readingView the full article

Watch: Which of Marc Marquez's MotoGP victories make him a future racing legend? At the recent Dutch Grand Prix, Marc Marquez equalled Giacomo Agostini’s 68 wins in MotoGP, marking his 94th victory across all categories. Motorsport.com asked key members of his inner circle which of those triumphs stands out as the most special. Marc Marquez is currently enjoying a golden period ...Keep readingView the full article

In a shock development, Christian Horner has been removed as CEO and team principal of the Red Bull Formula 1 team with immediate effect. Horner, who was at the helm of the squad for its entire 20-year existence, has been replaced by Red Bull's management with Racing Bulls team principal Laurent Mekies. Horner appears to be paying the price for the general downturn at the squad over the past ...Keep readingView the full article

“A horrible race.” Those were Max Verstappen’s own words to describe Sunday’s British Grand Prix, despite the race being a thrilling rain spectacle for neutral fans. But the full story of the Silverstone weekend runs deeper. In many ways, it has been a perfect summary of Verstappen’s 2025 Formula 1 season so far. That parallel began as early as media day, when he once again faced ...Keep readingView the full article

After a disappointing qualifying run at Formula 1's British Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc hinted at a mysterious problem with his Ferrari that has been bothering him in high-speed corners; it is now emerging that the problem is related to power steering. Having made a mistake in qualifying and slipped to sixth position on the British GP grid, Leclerc launched an expletive-laden tirade on the team ...Keep readingView the full article

When Trackhouse Racing entered NASCAR five years ago, they signed Daniel Suarez as their one and only driver. Since then, they've expanded with three full-time cars and a fourth, part-time entry. The organization has finished as high as second in the championship and won 11 races, but Suarez is only responsible for two of those victories. In 2025, he is the only one of their three drivers yet ...Keep readingView the full article

NASCAR officials have responded publicly to the criticism of their handling of the race finish at Chicago, where they waited far too long to throw a caution for a severe accident that ultimately ended the race. Cody Ware was running 18th as race leader Shane van Gisbergen was approaching the white flag. But when a brake rotor exploded at one of the fastest parts of the circuit, Ware was just ...Keep readingView the full article

Granted, Scott Dixon’s win at The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio likely wouldn’t have happened without Alex Palou’s rare mistake at Turn 9 while comfortably leading. However, full credit goes to the 44-year-old for being there to capitalize when his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate ran off course with just six laps to go. Qualifying didn’t go well for Dixon, who had to settle for ninth on the ...Keep readingView the full article

Gresini Ducati rider Alex Marquez aims to take part in this weekend’s German Grand Prix despite the hand injury picked up in an accident at the last MotoGP race in the Netherlands. Marquez, who is his brother Marc’s nearest challenger in the 2025 MotoGP world championship points table, underwent surgery immediately after the crash at Assen. Now, following a period of recovery, his team ...Keep readingView the full article

Fernando Alonso was angry that Aston Martin opted against giving him the same strategy as team-mate Lance Stroll during the Formula 1 British Grand Prix. The double F1 world champion dropped two places to finish ninth at Silverstone, while Stroll climbed from 17th to seventh in the changeable conditions. Stroll was even third at one point, having benefited from two perfectly-timed early ...Keep readingView the full article

Sometimes, you need to believe in fairy tales, even the ones that take the longest to come true, almost an entire career. On a rainy July afternoon soaked in magic, on a track steeped in legend, Nico Hulkenberg rewrote his story by stepping onto the Formula 1 podium for the first time. For years, it had remained just an elusive dream, a finish line never crossed. But at the British Grand Prix ...Keep readingView the full article

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem reiterated his support for F1 to move to much cheaper V8 engines as soon as the 2029 season and also weighed up the chances of a 12th team joining the Formula 1 grid. Speaking to Fleet Street journalists at last weekend's British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Ben Sulayem urged the series to move to a cheaper engine formula as soon as viable and thinks that move ...Keep readingView the full article